<p>^ Acceptance rates doesn’t = Prestige, also the difference in acceptance rate is so small that it’s like picking hairs. Ivies have very large endowments so generally their financial aid is usually incredibly great on need-based circumstances, which is one of the many reasons people are attracted to Ivy League schools in the first place. Ivies are also very random in admissions, you might get into UPenn or Columbia but might get rejected by Brown and Dartmouth, or vice versa, each school looks for different students each year. Duke’s financial aid is usually comparatively bad to the Ivies, as it was in my case. </p>
<p>I would’ve still chosen UPenn, it’s an Ivy which is an advantage in itself and though the campus of Duke is really nice, the south wasn’t really attractive, and UPenn was a better fit at least for me. It depends on your personality and your opinion of the surrounding area of either school</p>